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ity -itý English Pronunciation en /əti/ /ɪti/ RP; but see the usage notes below en /əti/ [əɾi] [ɾi] ; /ɪti/ [ɪɾi] GA,CA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101--ity.wav US en /əti/ [əɾi] AU,NZ en /ɪʈi/ Indic Etymology 1 en -ness :inh enm:-ite<id:-ity> 1 From en enm -ite, enm -itee, from en fro -ite, fro -ete, fro -eteit -ity, from en la -itātem, from la -itās, from en ine-pro *-teh₂ts suffix. Cognate with got -𐌹𐌸𐌰 -th, goh -ida -th, ang -þo, ang -þu, ang -þ -th. More at en -th. en -i- connecting vowel -ty. Alternative forms en -ty en ⠰⠽ Suffix ~ en quality of Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description. en absurd absurdity the quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment en anonymous anonym(ous) anonymity the quality or state of being anonymous en modern modernity the quality of being modern or contemporary en precarious precar(ious) precarity a condition of existence without predictability or security, affecting material or psychological welfare en example of Used to form a countable noun from an adjective, referring to someone or something that conforms to the adjective's description. en absurd [an] absurdity that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction en anonymous anonym(ous) [an] anonymity that which is anonymous en insipid [an] insipidity something that is insipid; an insipid utterance, sight, object, etc. en odd [an] oddity an odd or strange thing or opinion; a strange person; an oddball en abstract nouns Used to form other nouns, especially abstract nouns. Usage notes Many nouns formed with -ity are uncountable; those that are countable form their plurals in -ities. Final -e is dropped before adding this suffix. Final -ble changes to -bil before this suffix due to its Latin origin; compare, for example, en noble and en nobility. Pronunciation: The addition of -ity to an adjective results in a shift of stress to the antepenultimate syllable; that is, words in -ity are stressed on the last syllable before the -ity, even in cases where this syllable is part of another suffix (as in words in -ability and -icity). Further, this shift typically results in a change in vowel quality; compare, for example, real and reality, where the sound [æ] in the second word is not present in the first. These vowel quality changes are usually consistent with the spelling of both forms — note that the letter <a> in the second word is present in the first — but sometimes spelling changes are seen, as with the suffix -ous, which when it combines with -ity produces the suffix -osity. While a final -c is pronounced [k], before -ity it becomes [s]; compare, for example, elastic and elasticity. Derived terms en Related terms en -ability, en -ibility Translations Used to form nouns from adjectives. Afrikaans: af -iteit Albanian: sq -itet m Armenian: hy -ություն Aromanian: rup -ãtati, rup -tati Asturian: ast -idá f, ast -dá f Bashkir: ba -лыҡ, ba -лек, ba -лоҡ, ba -лөк Basque: eu -itate Belarusian: be -ітэ́т m Catalan: ca -itat f, ca -tat f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 性 xìng Czech: cs -ita f Danish: da -itet c, da -hed c Dutch: nl -heid, nl -iteit f Estonian: et -iteet Finnish: fi -uus, fi -iteetti French: fr -ité f, fr -té f Friulian: fur -itât, fur -tât Galician: gl -dade f, gl -idade f German: de -ität f Greek: el -ότητα f Hebrew: he ־וּת f -ut Hungarian: hu -itás Indonesian: id -itas Interlingua: ia -itate Italian: it -ità f Japanese: ja 性 sei Korean: ko 성(性) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr -tî f, kmr -îtî f, kmr -ayetî f Latin: la -itas f Latvian: lv -itāte Malay: ms -iti, ms -itet, ms -itas, ms ke--an Maltese: mt -ità f Middle English: enm -te, enm -ite Norwegian: Bokmål: nb -itet Nynorsk: nn -itet Occitan: oc -itat f Old English: ang -þu, ang -þ Polish: pl -ość f Portuguese: pt -idade f, pt -dade f Romanian: ro -itate f, ro -tate f, ro -ătate f, ro -eață f, ro -ețe f, ro -ie f Russian: ru -ность f, ru -ите́т m, ru -ство n Sicilian: scn -ità f, scn -itati f Slovak: sk -ita f Slovene: sl -nost f Spanish: es -idad f, es -edad f, es -dad f Swahili: sw u- Swedish: sv -het c, sv -itet Tagalog: tl -idad Tamil: ta -மை Turkish: tr -lük, tr -luk, tr -lık, tr -lik, tr -ite Ukrainian: uk -іте́т m Yiddish: yi ־יטעט See also en -ness, en -hood, en -ship, la -itas, en -itude, en -th, en -ia, la -itia, en -ability, en -ibility, en -icity, en -osity, en -ous, en -ose Etymology 2 en iterativeVariant of en -ety, likely an alteration of en -edy, equivalent to en -ed -y adjectival. Suffix unproductive suffixes en -ety. en hip hippity, en hippity-hop en productive suffixes Old Polish Etymology zlw-opl adjectival :inh sla-pro:*-itъ + + Pronunciation -ity: Suffix zlw-opl suffix forms adjectives zlw-opl pracować pracowity Derived terms zlw-opl Descendants pl -ity Polish Etymology pl adjectival :inh zlw-opl:-ity + + Pronunciation Suffix pl suffix forms adjectives pl pracować pracowity Declension Derived terms pl Further reading